971-217-9510

Just got a call telling me I have a virus. "GO TO YOUR COMPUTER......I will help you fix this" was her demands. The call came in under 310-599-9211.  I could not understand this person.  I caught maybe every third word after her rehearsed first lines.  I asked for her boss and a male came on the phone and could not even answer my questions: 1) What company is this?  2)Why are you calling me?   3)Why do you think I have a virus? He just sat there......I had to ask if he was still on the phone. He did give me his name, but I could not understand what he said. He did give me his phone number, 971-217-9510. I told him I did not believe him and I was going to turn him into the State Attorney (which I am) and hung up. I got online and researched these numbers. The 310 number led me to this website.  I loved the comment attached to the 310 number saying they asked for "Peggy".  More power to us people that questions these scammers.

Just got the same call. I have 2 computers on 2 different OP systems. I asked which computer. They said the one on Windows 7. I said that's funny, I bought that computer last week and it is already full of viruses? They asked me to go to www.ammyy.com, to give them remote access. I got their number and called the retailer where I purchased my computer to inquire about this company, Microtech and gave them the number. They said sounds like a new scam.

Just got a call myself but there is NO WAY I'd let someone take control of my machine.  My machine is protected and this is an obvious scam.

This scam has been around for years.  C'mon people - use your feeble little brains!!!!

I got the same type of call about a virus and the Indian guy was in Oregon from Microtech and I could cb 971-217-9510

I just got a call from a guy with a heavy Indian accent who said his name is Roger Williams. He said he was calling from Portland, OR and gave me the 971-217-9510 number. He said I had a virus and hackers were controlling my computer. I didn't believe a word the guy was saying, but played along to see what kind of information I could get from him.

I asked him what company he worked for and he said Windows. "Not Microsoft?" I asked. "Oh yeah," he said, "Microsoft." He said he was from Windows Technical Department that they had the registration number of our computer and that it had a virus. I told him we had several computers, so what was the registration number he had? He just repeated that we had a virus. I asked him what kind of computer? He said Windows. I told that was odd, since we don't have a Windows computer. He asked what kind of computer did we have. Not a Windows, I said and hung up.

Just got a call from Roger Williams.  Phone number did not register on caller ID.  He gave me 971-217-9510 as his phone number.  Again heavy Indian accent.  Said he was from "Vendor Technical Department".  Nice and generic.  Kept saying I had DLL Virus.  Gave me what seems like a Windows product code.  Said it fast, but the first few numbers don't match the one XP system I have that he said was infected.  Now I have to call my employer to report it.  They do go after these guys.  I told him who I work for and he did pause when he realized it is one of the largest security firms in the world....

This is a scam!  Let "Roger" in if you want to lose your financial information or become part of a bot network, not to prevent it!

LOL...[***] ROGER!!!...I GOT DA SAME CALL

I received a call from a "company" named "Microtech" today (5-11-12).  They claimed I had a PC virus and almost ordered me to get in front of my computer ASAP.  The call into me did not register a phone number on my caller-ID machine.  I questioned the male who called himself Edward.  He sounded like he was from India.  When asked by me, he said his telephone number was 971-217-9510 and that he was calling from Portland Oregon.  I called this number after hanging up on Edward and another male answered with a lot of loud background noise.  They hunted down Edward.  I question their physical location but could not understand the address he gave me, something like "1241 Avenue".

Be careful out there my friends.

This Roger Williams dude is quite the character.  I told him I was having his call traced and he wasn't even threatened by it.  What a scammer.  He just wouldn't hang up and kept insisting that my computer with Windows had viruses on it.  I'm a little internet provider here in Northern California and my gentleman friend received the call and handed me the phone.  "Roger" finally hung up when I told him I knew it was a scam because my computer was a Mac and not and PC with Windows.

I caution my customers about calls such as this and want everyone to know about these jerks.  This time "Roger" wanted me to type in showmypc.com in the location bar so that he could convince me to let him into my computer.

People beware of scams like this.  If it were a nasty virus, it would be on the National news.  Microsoft would never call individuals with the kinds of lines that "Roger" came up with.  Again, BEWARE.

Just went thru the call with Roger... He had my code for windows..then he took me to a page when would give him access to my operating system...didn't  go for it.  Scary that he had my code though....told him eventually to send me something in writing and I would get back to him.... Problem for me was though  my machine's acting up....But thank you guys for you comments

I received a call a couple of days ago from "edward" with the same thing, telling me my computer was going to crash. How do they have our IP address? I didn't go on to even confirm this, my concern is we recently signed up for a telephone through TimeWarner a week ago and upgraded to high-speed internet, and the tech guy went onto my computer and typed in an ip address so that we could set up a new wireless id and password.

Wondering if this caused anything.

If these toads call you hang up. I grilled the guy for 10 minutes until he finally gave up and hung up on me.

I got the exact same thing today.  Interesting however, as we just bought two new computers from Best Buy in Salem.  Any connection to your new computer purchases?

I've been called by this guy twice in the past week, wanting me to mess with my operating system. When I said I was on the Do Not Call List, he argued with me and said I wasn't. I've meanwhile verified the I am on the list still. I smelled a scam immediately. I hope someone is checking into this guy. When I asked why he was spying on my computer, he conveniently got silent. When I asked for his phone number, he was evasive, but eventually gave me this Oregon phone number (his heavy accent and the bad connection tells me he was actually probably in India or one of Arab nations). I am even more suspicious because it appears he has his phone number blocked from being detected. WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY!!!!!!!!

My mother just called by a "Patrick" today wanting to talk to her about her computer that was evidently running a lot of viruses. She told them my husband works with computers so he would take of it. She did ask for his phone number though which was this 971-217-9510 number. The funny thing is she got call from a similar company yesterday called Micro PC Help. And they told her the same thing. And that if she went to their website they would fix it for her. She was leery so she told them she told them she had a son in law that was a computer tech and he'd look into it. And she called me right after she hung up on them. I researched the company name and found a ton of articles about this particular scam. And when I googled this number from today this site came up and a lot of articles about different scams going on. So yeah. Total scam. And yeah it has been around a while but that doesn't mean it isn't annoying.

Got the same phone call yesterday from Microtech. The guy, David Corner, who is also from india took me to the different steps and then asked me to pay $149 to protect my PC. I am glad that I asked him to think about it and call later. I then searched for his phone number and got here. He got my windows ID though, hope this is will not do me bad.

I got this same call yesterday & when i asked him to repeat his name to said i already told u what it was. Demanded i go turn on computer & then said i got virus 2 days ago it was trojan virus. He wanted me to go to website so he could fix it. I asked for website & he wouldnt give it to me. He was indian & the stuck his boss who sounded russian on phone. Neither one could speak english very well & they were getting pissed. I told them call back in 10 mins & u can speak to husband & he works for FBI & he hung up on me.

I just call the same call today . He said his name was David Spencer.
That his phone number was 971-217-9510 if I wanted to call back to verify.
He gave me some bogus MS license number.
He said he was authorized by MS to call me.
He said he was calling from Oregon.
I asked him where he got my phone number and he said from the IRS!
I told him I didn't believe him, thought it was a scam and not to call me again and hung up.
His accent was possibly British and he used zed instead of z

I just hung up on them (Irecognised the number from a previous time)............. raining here in Plymouth UK hope it improves for the Olympics.